Sweet Home Alabama

Scene from 'Sweet Home Alabama'

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Fashion designer Melanie Carmichael (Reese Witherspoon) has found success and love in New York City, and is engaged to one of the city's most eligible bachelors (Patrick Dempsey). But Melanie has a secret -- she was married once before, and her husband, who she left behind in Alabama, refuses...

Fashion designer Melanie Carmichael (Reese Witherspoon) has found success and love in New York City, and is engaged to one of the city's most eligible bachelors (Patrick Dempsey). But Melanie has a secret -- she was married once before, and her husband, who she left behind in Alabama, refuses... (TOUCHSTONE)

Though she has gotten herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor, played by Patrick Dempsey, her past holds many secrets, including Josh Lucas' Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her.

So crafty Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past. Candice Bergen plays New York's mayor, the fiancé's mother, and Fred Ward, Mary Kay Place and Jean Smart lend support. PG-13.

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